Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Over the past year, I have been contributing to This Place Has a Voice as one of the Cube Artists at Canal Park. I am creating panoramic drawings and animations of Southeast's urban spaces. Over several visits, I am exploring and drawing and discovering what makes them unique. I am meeting people and learning what connects them to this place.

The neighborhood around Canal Park is in flux. I am fascinated by its rapidly changing urban landscape and drawn to the open-ended, provisional and transforming nature of its construction. We all leave a mark on this place. It's no accident, it just looks like one.

A place is created, shaped and lived in many and varied ways by many people, as minutes, hours and years pass. If I spend enough time in one place, I see some things change and some things stay the same. The sun will sweep by, people will walk by, talk with each other, play, paint a mural, build a building, or tear it down. I see how everything has its own identity and spirit - a tree, a fence, a sign - and I see how it all fits together.

Selected works will be projected on the Cube nightly, starting after sunset and running until 11:30, from now until the September 20th event day. The Cube is located at the south end of Canal Park (M and 2nd SE).

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